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Category Archives: Manila

a look at two 20% hardship posts

December.7.2014by Kim Connally 4 Comments

Manila is 20% hardship, Yaounde is 20% hardship. Having lived in both places, I think I know what the reality is between the two posts. Yes, people have to leave […]

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Cameroon, Foreign Service, Hardship Differential, Manila, Travel

manila with fresh eyes

August.21.2014by Kim Connally Leave a comment

So we’ve been back for about a month now. I have so many thoughts about Manila already that if I were to post them on Facebook I think I’d be […]

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Foreign Service, Manila, Manila, Philippines

greenhills

June.22.2014by Kim Connally 5 Comments

All right, let’s talk about Greenhills. I love this place. I have been there about 8 times now. I know exactly what time to leave my house to get there […]

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Manila, Philippines

manila american cemetery and memorial

May.13.2014by Kim Connally Leave a comment

Last week (I wrote this in January…) my mom, dad, Patrick and I went to visit the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. First of all, before arriving I’d read a […]

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Foreign Service, Manila, Philippines

2013 in numbers

January.6.2014by Kim Connally 2 Comments

Here are our families numbers (per family member) from 2013: 21,082.72 miles traveled by plane 7,500ish pounds of stuff we sent from Yaounde to Manila $5,000 worth of stuff sold before leaving Cameroon… […]

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Cameroon, Family, Foreign Service, France, Home, Japan, Manila, Pack Out, Philippines, preparation for tour, Running, Travel

8 crazy days

August.20.2013by Kim Connally 9 Comments

Our experience with Dengue here in Manila.

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Family, Foreign Service, Friends, Home, Manila

manila via japan

Featuredby Kim Connally 10 Comments

I wrote this post one week ago. We don’t have internet, so I typed it out on Word and am finally near a WiFi signal were I can post it. […]

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Foreign Service, Home, Japan, Manila, Tokyo, Travel

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Welcome

I wasn't sold on this name for my blog. After all, I'm much more than just a diplomat's wife. However, Patrick's desire to be a diplomat is the reason we have been living the way we have been for the past 5 years; the reason we left all our family and friends on the west coast for Patrick to attend grad school to prepare for the Foreign Service Exam. He passed in January of 2010 and started A-100 in September. In March 2011 we left for our first post, Yaounde Cameroon, life has not been the same since. In this blog I will attempt to provide you with some insight into our lives that will, hopefully, make you realize that the world is a huge place with lots of people who need to be loved and cared for. But even in it hugeness we can still make a difference by loving our families and neighbors whether you're a diplomat's wife, a housewife in little Walla Walla or an executive in Washington.

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Currently Living

Geneva, Switzerland (September 2015 - 2018)

Previous Posts:

Manila, Philippines June 2013 - May 2015 Yaounde, Cameroon March 2011 - March 2013

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